Awareness of driving while sleepy and road traffic accidents: Prospective study in GAZEL cohort

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7558, 2006, Pages 75-77

  Nabi, Hermann ^a   Guéguen, Alice ^a   Chiron, Mireille ^b   Lafont, Sylviane ^b   Zins, Marie ^a   Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Inst Natl Rech sur les Transp L   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAR DRIVING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; TRAFFIC; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 33745910553     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38863.638194.AE     Document Type: Article

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